The Indian rupee extended its free fall against the US dollar for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, hitting more than an 11-month low of 56.5655 as downbeat data from the U.S. diminished values of risk-associating emerging market currencies. The rupee is on the path of its all-time low of 57.3350 hit in the middle of the previous year.
Sliding rupee slackened the domestic equities as well, with the Indian shares falling sharply after the RBI Governor D Subbarao warned of upside risks to inflation and said the current account deficit would be a key factor in monetary policy decisions, denting rate cut hopes.
The benchmark Sensex is down 237 points or 1.2 percent to 19,978, while the broader Nifty index is down 78 points or 1.28 percent at 6,046. Meanwhile, investors await March-quarter GDP data due around 11.00 am for further clues on the health of the domestic economy.
Other Asian markets are trading mostly higher as somewhat weaker than expected U.S. economic data on initial jobless claims, pending home sales and GDP growth eased concerns that the Federal Reserve would scale back its stimulus program.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.